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きろう
Kanji
棄老 / 生蝋
Noun
Japanese Meaning
棄老: 高齢者を見捨てること、特に家族や社会が高齢者の世話を放棄し置き去りにすること。 / 生蝋: 植物由来の蝋。主にハゼノキやウルシ科の実から採れる日本独特の蝋で、和ろうそくや塗料などの原料となる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
年をとった人をすてて山などにおきざりにすること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
遗弃老人 / 生蜡（植物蜡、日本蜡）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
遺棄老人 / 植物蠟（日本蠟）
Korean Meaning
노인 유기 / 식물성 왁스(일본 왁스)
Indonesian
penelantaran lansia / lilin nabati (lilin Jepang)
Vietnamese Meaning
Tục bỏ rơi người già / Sáp thực vật (sáp Nhật)
Tagalog Meaning
pag-aabandona sa matatanda / waks na mula sa halaman (Japan wax)
Sense（1）
棄老: abandoning elderly people
Sense（2）
生蝋: vegetable wax, Japan wax
（ romanization ）
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棄老: abandoning elderly people / 生蝋: vegetable wax, Japan wax
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きろう
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Abandoning elderly people, or 'kiro', is an unacceptable act in modern society.
Abandoning elderly people, or 'kiro', is an unacceptable act in modern society.
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現代社会でのきろうは許されない行為だ。
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